How to Find Email Addresses

Some more top tips to find email addresses...

Trying to find email addresses? With the sheer amount of interactivity on the Internet and the saying that “one month of real time is the equivalent of one year on Internet time,” you are bound to lose a few email addresses along the way. Maybe you used to play an online game and want to chat with an old teammate, or perhaps you may need the expertise of somebody you once did business with online. Either way it can be a daunting task if you don’t know where to start. Plus there is always the fact that people tend to change email addresses a lot more than they do their home telephone number.

What do you know already?
If you are looking for somebody then you probably already know something about them. Unfortunately their name isn’t good enough online, especially if it’s common like John Smith. It is however useful if you combine it with other information you might know such as online username, their job or hobbies. For example if you remember you made a transaction with somebody called Dave who worked for a company called Technicalway, then use a search engine to find their business website and they may have his email address listed.

Basic Searching
It’s quite rare but basic searching can pull up some email addresses. If the person’s name is James Jackson, then you might search “James Jackson @” and the search engine should pull up some results with the words James Jackson and the email at symbol. Of course there may be more than one James Jackson.

Online Baggage
In this modern era almost everyone has some kind of online baggage. By that I mean information that may have been stored about them, which can then help you to find their email address. Try searching social networking sites like Myspace or video sharing websites like Youtube with their name or username that you already know. This may lead to some kind of profile with an email address. There may be hundreds of Alex Johnsons, but if you know their hobbies or where they are from you can narrow your search.

Clubs, Work or Education
If the person works for a big corporation, is or was part of a club (sporting or otherwise) or currently goes to college or university they are  likely to be on a big database at the institution they attend. If you can find one person who goes to the same college, they may not know them but can search the email system for them and give you the information. The same goes for work and clubs. This may be frowned on and in some cases be illegal so make sure your not invading anyone's privacy. 

Reunion Services
If you are looking to find an old friend’s email address you may want to join an online reunion service. (Note these may cost a small fee or subscription). The usually process is that you offer information about the schools you used to attend and during what years, and they match you with people who have also registered with the same information. If the person is actively looking to be found then they might be on one of these websites.

Services to Find Email Addresses
Until recently locating an online service which you could use to find email addresses was extremely difficult. If you were having no luck on your own there just wasn't a directory which could be easily accessed. However a new online service called FastAs aims to do just that, while maintaining security and spam protection. FastAs will offer a service which will make it possible, for the first time, to find email addresses when all other avenues of enquiry have failed.

FastAs - a revolutionary solution to getting in contact. Use our worldwide phone book, email address directory, or people search to find the contact you are looking for. If you are an individual, a business or an advertiser and you want to be contacted, pre-register with us to help people find you faster. With FastAs you will be able to take full control of your contact information and tell the world exactly how you want to contacted – with complete protection of your privacy.